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There are four questions that must be asked of any Republican before he or she can be forgiven. !. Was Barack Obama born in the United States? 2. Is the Covid-19 pandemic a pandemic? 3. Is climate change real? 4. Did Joe Biden legitimately win the 2020...
by MarvinK
17 comments on Fri Aug 06, 2021 at 03:56 AM PDT with 8 Recommends |
In 1892 a Christian socialist named Francis Bellamy wrote the Pledge of Allegiance. On Columbus day of that year and for a century and decades afterwards it was recited every morning in every school in America and at the beginning of every session of...
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48 comments on Sat Feb 15, 2020 at 06:04 AM PST with 5 Recommends |
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- “Serious” Republicans continue to believe their basket of deplorables are going to save them from Whiggish irrelevancy by nominating someone not named Donald J Trump. The fever will break, perhaps with a criminal indictment… oh wait, too late. Perhaps...142 comments 131 Recs
- If I have any superpower it is writing. The most important thing I learned in college and law school was effective, clear and (even in supposedly viewpoint neutral documentation - persuasive) writing. I will share a fictionalized account about the day...64 comments 231 Recs
- A special exhibition in the Museum of Glass (MOG) in Tacoma, Washington, featured the works of Italian artist maestro Alfredo Barbini ( 1912–2007). According to MOG: “Barbini was a skilled ...19 comments 51 Recs
- “We want them infected” is part of a message Dr. Paul Alexander, a science advisor in Trump’s HHS, wrote on July 4, 2020 to the HHS assistant secretary for public affairs Michael Caputo and six other senior officials. The full quote is: “Infants, kids,...267 comments 703 Recs
- That headline above, while infuriating, is unfortunately not very surprising, at least to me. It's projection all the way down. Scratch the surface of any GOP cause or belief and you will find the thing they are most against is the very thing that they...325 comments 1095 Recs
- This is going to be a bit long, so bear with me, but I’ve been thinking recently about how my 80-something evangelical mother views the world and how it provides some much-needed context for a lot of the nonsensical arguments tossed around by...485 comments 805 Recs
- The early weeks of House Speaker Mike Johnson’s tenure are seeing a predictable outbreak of “moderate” Republicans saying they sure hope that the impeachment inquiry that former Speaker Kevin McCarthy launched against President Joe Biden will “go where...87 comments 193 Recs
- Since Democrats outperformed expectations on another Election Day, the traditional media has been looking for ways to manage its grief and lock down the narrative that Democrats are in big trouble. ...349 comments 857 Recs
- Fans of L. Frank Baum’s book, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” know that Dorothy had silver, not ruby slippers. (Apparently, ruby slippers were better on film.) We know nobody tried to take Toto, and Munchkins are normal sized, though fond of blue. We know...94 comments 293 Recs
- A cartoon by Jeff Danziger.21 comments 166 Recs
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